while loop stop on default

[gnilsson]

while loop can stop/continue on Boolean or Error, why not also on default value.

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Could be

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[AristosQueue (NI)]

Personally, that would be a bridge too far for me... it's just too much implied magic and easy to read over, in my opinion. So as a LabVIEW user, I would not advocate for this change. But I will leave the idea open to see what other users have to say.

[Intaris]

That's bordering on code obfuscation.

Add in dynamic dispatch methods into the chain producing the data and the default is actually not even known at compile time.

[AristosQueue (NI)]

Related to this, I am an advocate for adding a method to a LV class that is language-defined to be "call this to do conversion to bool", and that would allow that specific class to be wired to the While Loop terminal. But that would be a well-defined thing on a specific type that is intended for the purpose, not a general language shift.

[Intaris]

That certainly sounds itneresting AQ.